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Book 66, 2015
Aug. 26th, 2016 07:38 pmI finished reading Dead Bolt last night, which is the second book in Juliet Blackwell's "Haunted Home Renovation" mystery series.
General contractor Melanie "Mel" Turner has seen enough of ghosts, so when strange things begin occurring as she and her crew are renovating an old Queen Anne Victorian in San Francisco, Mel isn't pleased. In addition to the ghosts, her crew is trying to work around the family, who insist on remaining in the home during the process, while some of the neighbors are less than pleased with the noise and activity. When Mel's father discovers a dead body next door, Mel is unwittingly dragged into the investigation. She is convinced that the home's history had something to do with the recent murder, and she begins to research the family who built the home.
This book was quite a bit spookier than the first. This was no friendly ghost who needed his murder solved; it was multiple, malicious spirits. The story was fast-paced, and Mel was often running all over San Francisco, both for her work and for her sideline investigation.
Favorite line: In general, death threats were a bad thing. Death threats from the beyond? Worse.
Five stars!
*****
General contractor Melanie "Mel" Turner has seen enough of ghosts, so when strange things begin occurring as she and her crew are renovating an old Queen Anne Victorian in San Francisco, Mel isn't pleased. In addition to the ghosts, her crew is trying to work around the family, who insist on remaining in the home during the process, while some of the neighbors are less than pleased with the noise and activity. When Mel's father discovers a dead body next door, Mel is unwittingly dragged into the investigation. She is convinced that the home's history had something to do with the recent murder, and she begins to research the family who built the home.
This book was quite a bit spookier than the first. This was no friendly ghost who needed his murder solved; it was multiple, malicious spirits. The story was fast-paced, and Mel was often running all over San Francisco, both for her work and for her sideline investigation.
Favorite line: In general, death threats were a bad thing. Death threats from the beyond? Worse.
Five stars!
*****
